Founder and CEO Michael La Barge experienced the cookie cutter and impersonal approach of top cyber security organizations in the early 2000s. It seemed unacceptable to continually leave clients in a bind due to not taking the time to understand their security posture or being too rigid with compliance standards when other low or no cost options were available. Going the extra mile and tackling complex problems in an efficient and flexible manner were second nature to him. Forming Datassurant and filling this need was the next logical step with Michael’s extensive military, information security, and business background.

Datassurant is a full-service information security and compliance consulting firm specializing in performing compliance audits, computer security assessments, and penetration testing. Datassurant provides Security Management Program (SMP) and Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) services through its AERGAP division delivered by highly skilled security experts that act as an extension of your own security team from detection to response and remediation.

Michael attended the first Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) class offered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) at the VISA headquarters in Foster City, California. Fast forward to today, Datassurant is authorized and certified by the PCI SSC as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), Payment Card Industry 3-D Secure (PCI 3DS), and Payment Application Qualified Security Assessor (PA-QSA) company in the United States and Canada.

Other information security companies can be rigid in meeting compliance standards. It’s easier to automate services and force a client to meet the standard rather than helping a client find low cost or no cost options. That time introduces complexities that other companies simply don’t want to do. We aim to understand your business keeping proper security and compliance in mind, finding the most flexible approach, and avoiding costly investment of new technology for a client to meet a standard.

Your time is important. We pride ourselves on our responsiveness and resolutions to your security and compliance matters with consistent and continual communication.  Our focus is on establishing long-term customer relationships and continuing to earn your trust.

Our contracts have no hidden surprises. Our operations are lean and we pass the savings on to you without compromising quality or customer service.

Our methodology focuses first on business; making sure the data connections, people, networks and information your business trusts are in fact secure. We believe information security should be a catalyst to business success; a supporting foundation for all other business functions. We concentrate on enabling our clients to use the most up to date policies, procedures and technologies in ways that enhance, not complicate, existing business methods or processes.

Datassurant Inc. is a leading information security, compliance, and managed security services firm headquartered in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Datassurant has a solid foundation of over 20 years of financial, business and information security expertise in commercial and government business. Datassurant employees hold certifications like Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), Payment Application Qualified Security Assessor (PA-QSA), and PCI 3DS Assessor.

Datassurant is authorized and certified by the PCI SSC as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), Payment Card Industry 3-D Secure (PCI 3DS), and Payment Application Qualified Security Assessor (PA-QSA) company in the United States and Canada. Datassurant is a trusted partner for the rapidly changing security needs of the networked and e-commerce world.

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